Month: September 2003

Not like I'm under thirty, but if you are, or you're just young at heart, check out the NexGen Librarian listserv over at Topica. If you're into social networking, there are librarian groups at Friendster and Tribe.net worth checking out. I'm at both, under my real name. If you're there, introduce yourself. [ thanks chris… Continue reading NexGen Librarian listserv

Understanding NDRs. If you're using Exchange 2000 or 2003, this Technet article will help you to examine an undeliverable mail notification (NDR), and to work out the reason why the message has failed to be delivered successfully…. [MS Exchange Blog]

New Office 2003 Licensing Policy. If you're considering upgrading to Outlook or Office 2003 when it comes out next month, there have been some changes to the licensing policy which you should know about… Sue Mosher explains all here. (and remember – your Exchange 2003 your Exchange 2003 CALs will allow you to use Outlook 2003,… Continue reading New Office 2003 Licensing Policy

Techie question – VMWare. We use VMware to build virtual machines for our sales demos. It’s a great solution — we can bundle entire demo environments on a single DVD (the environment includes the OS, the database, the applications, etc.) and get them out to sales people. But there’s one flaw in the system: the… Continue reading Techie question – VMWare

NASA Plans Space Commute Craft. Looking for a simpler way to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA is designing a stripped-down four-seater. Plans for the Orbital Space Plane are on the fast track for completion by 2008. [Wired News]

The Shuttle: not a good idea. Here's a great article on how the Shuttle is inherently flawed, by a former NASA engineer. He warns that the effort of keeping the Shuttle going will kill American manned spaceflight if it isn't abandoned now. [Ceejbot]

Web Design Practices. Heidi Adkisson is launching webdesignpractices.com this month. She has a sneak peek up for navigation practices (linked above). Basically, the site takes her Masters thesis study of 75 ecommerce sites and makes it more accessible online. (For the impatient, you can download the 8mb pdf of Heidi's thesis). I met Heidi at… Continue reading Web Design Practices

Members of the FISA Court Published. Secrecy News reports on the names of the current eleven members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), along with the date each was appointed as well as when their respective appointments expire. The author of this report, Steven Aftergood, also states, “A full profile of the Court today —… Continue reading Members of the FISA Court Published

Library of Congress Overwhelmed By New Acquisitions. This AP article documents the critical shortage of space at the Library of Congress, which houses the largest library collection in the world. The library is in the process of building offsite storage warehouses (as many as 13) in nearby Maryland.  [beSpacific]

Technology Review: Networking From the Rooftop. Sinha's “chimney connection” is part of MIT's Roofnet, a project to create a self-organizing wireless network in which an amorphous, unmanaged collection of cheap Linux computers equipped with Wi-Fi cards collaborate to efficiently route data packets. [Tomalak's Realm]